They're back....

Who? The birds. They had gone elsewhere as I had left the back garden feeders unfilled while I was away. With Shawn working in the garden all around them, and with a neighbourhood rat visiting, I thought it better to hold back on the buffet for a while! 

And.. also back is the coyote. I often see him trotting by in the early mornings, and today I happened to have my camera handy. Aha! A blip-op! 

Easier said than done; he is quick and he has amazing hearing. If I even open the front door to take his pix, he hears it and stops...which he did this morning, but I stuck with it as he continued along and when he  turned the corner, I stepped out onto the porch for a better shot and the little devil heard or noted that - from three houses away! He stopped again and stared directly at me until I went back inside! Wily coyote misses nothing! 

Tomorrow, my former teaching colleagues Donna, Noreen and Kathy are coming here for a pot luck lunch, so I have some preparations to do tonight....my food contribution will be easy as it comes already cooked...but I still have to tidy up, figure out a fun table setting and clean up the cat hair - heh heh as all of us are cat lovers, a little cat hair wouldn't really be an issue but....

 It was another really hot day; I had to water the garden, especially my new plants, this morning and again tonight... and I assume this will continue all this week? A bit of rain would help!